CFC54: NO. 1 dad

Gina K. provided each member of the design team a pack of 6x6 papers to use for this challenge, and get this: the paper collection is actually named "Casual Friday"! How perfect is that?!? You can see the collection here. It has such great masculine patterned papers, which is especially great for me. I struggle with masculine cards, and this paper just made it so easy to create a manly card. And since Father's Day is coming up, I made this paper yummy for my dad:

I kept this card pretty darn simple. I stamped this deer stamp in Versamark ink, then used a Versamark pen to make the front deer stand out. I used two different patterned papers from Gina K. to underline the deer:

I used some corrugated alphas from Jillibean Soup to spell out "dad", then stamped a subtle "NO. 1" above it, again in Versamark ink. I finished off the card with some machine stitching, deliberately going up the side of the last "d" in dad:

How about you? Does masculine come easy for you, or do you struggle like I do? Either way, I want to encourage you to play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge! The winner will receive their very own Casual Friday paper pack! You have until next Thursday, May 31 at noon EST to link up your card (s). Thanks so much for looking!

Love the tecnhique you used with the Versamark pen, Kimberley! I also struggle with masculine cards, but you totally rocked it! And what an amazing stitching! I really like how you stitched over part of the sentiment, such a cool effect!

Oh, it's a great card!! I love the simplicity of it!! Love the layers of colors and the alpha is the perfect embellishment. Wonderfully done!!Thanks so much for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.xoxo, Christine